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  • Question
  • The organism which obtain their energy from chemicals are designated as


  • Options
  • A. prototrophs
  • B. chemotrophs
  • C. organotrophs
  • D. autotrophs

  • Correct Answer
  • chemotrophs 


  • More questions

    • 1. Standard free energy change (?G) can be expressed as

    • Options
    • A. ?G° = -RTlnkeq
    • B. ?G° = RTlnkeq
    • C. ?G° = R/Tlnkeq
    • D. ?G° = -RT/lnkeq
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is used to grow bacterial cultures continuously?

    • Options
    • A. Chemostat
    • B. Coulter Counter
    • C. Hemostat
    • D. Petroff-Hausser chamber
    • Discuss
    • 3. Digestive reactions where large molecules are broken down into smaller ones are referred as

    • Options
    • A. anabolism
    • B. catabolism
    • C. metabolism
    • D. biosynthesis
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following microorganisms is classified as a member of archaebacteria?

    • Options
    • A. Gyanobacteria
    • B. Methanobacteria
    • C. Trichomonads
    • D. Mycoplasma
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following is true about cell wall of gram-positive bacteria?

    • Options
    • A. It consists of multiple layers
    • B. It is thicker than that associated with gram-negative bacteria
    • C. It contains teichoic acids
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Overactivity of Th cells may result into

    • Options
    • A. autoimmunity
    • B. optimal antibody response
    • C. optimal cell-mediated response
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Sereny test is used for the detection of

    • Options
    • A. enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
    • B. enterotoxigenic E. coli
    • C. enteroinvasive E. coli
    • D. verotoxigenic E. coli
    • Discuss
    • 8. The test(s) which can be used to differentiate anthrax bacilli from anthracoid bacilli is/are

    • Options
    • A. presence of medusa-head colony
    • B. presence of capsule
    • C. susceptibility to gamma phage
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following structures would not be associated with fungi?

    • Options
    • A. Mitochondria
    • B. Cell walls
    • C. Chloroplasts
    • D. Spores
    • Discuss
    • 10. Most bacterial fermentations yield how many net ATP molecules per molecule of glucose?

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 4
    • D. 6
    • Discuss


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